Nevis

Nevis (Nevis Security AG) is a Swiss customer identity and access management (CIAM) and passwordless authentication provider. Its Authentication Cloud adds passwordless login and transaction signing to applications using FIDO2 passkeys, the Nevis Access App device authenticator, OATH TOTP, SMS OTP and recovery codes, exposed through a versioned REST API and native iOS / Android Mobile Authentication SDKs. Nevis also offers the on-premises Identity Suite and Nevis ID, serving banks, insurers and government with secure, standards-based (FIDO2 / WebAuthn) authentication.

Nevis publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Authentication, Identity, Passwordless, and FIDO2.

Nevis’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, authentication, sandbox, and 16 more developer resources.

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33.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyAuthenticationIdentityPasswordlessFIDO2PasskeysCIAMTransaction SigningSecurity

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 33.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Nevis Authentication Cloud REST API

REST API to automate the Nevis Authentication Cloud — passwordless registration, authentication and transaction signing (FIDO2 / passkeys, Access App, OATH TOTP, SMS OTP, recove...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

nevis-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nevis Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nevis Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Deprecation
Deprecation
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nevis
name: Nevis
description: Nevis (Nevis Security AG) is a Swiss customer identity and access management (CIAM) and passwordless authentication
  provider. Its Authentication Cloud adds passwordless login and transaction signing to applications using FIDO2 passkeys,
  the Nevis Access App device authenticator, OATH TOTP, SMS OTP and recovery codes, exposed through a versioned REST API and
  native iOS / Android Mobile Authentication SDKs. Nevis also offers the on-premises Identity Suite and Nevis ID, serving
  banks, insurers and government with secure, standards-based (FIDO2 / WebAuthn) authentication.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nevis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.nevis.net/hubfs/Nevis/images/logotype.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- ribbit-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Authentication
- Identity
- Passwordless
- FIDO2
- Passkeys
- CIAM
- Transaction Signing
- Security
apis:
- name: Nevis Authentication Cloud REST API
  description: REST API to automate the Nevis Authentication Cloud — passwordless registration, authentication and transaction
    signing (FIDO2 / passkeys, Access App, OATH TOTP, SMS OTP, recovery codes), user and authenticator management, token introspection,
    and audit log export. Served per instance (tenant) and versioned under /api/v1.
  humanURL: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/api-doc/api-reference/
  baseURL: https://{instance}.mauth.nevis.cloud/api/v1
  properties:
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/getting-started/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/api-doc/api-reference/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nevis-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nevis.net
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.nevis.net
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/api-doc/api-reference/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.nevis.net/en/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/nevissecurity
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.nevis.net/en/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.nevis.net/en/legal
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.nevis.net
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/changelog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.nevis.net/authcloud/changelog
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Nevis Authentication Cloud changelog (structured)
  url: changelog/nevis-changelog.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nevis-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/nevis-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/nevis-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nevis-mcp.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nevis-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nevis-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nevis-lifecycle.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/nevis-sandbox.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nevis-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 11
  pass: local-v1